Prinknash Bird and Deer Park
16 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐄Farms🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
51.82073, -2.17746
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕The Monastery Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕The Monastery Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Downland Villa, Hornet +16 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Geology TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route185 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 185 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route98 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 98 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Prinknash Bird & Deer Park - a drake mallard duck
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Wildlife to spot
36,728 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,728 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Flower Bug · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- DasysyrphusDasysyrphus
Dilated Scalewort
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,728 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Common Flower Bug · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- DasysyrphusDasysyrphus
Dilated Scalewort
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas